The Minitrix Mallard is the centre piece of many an N-gauge collection.
Superbly engineered and runs beautifully when it is in good trim.
Highly geared, it was was always fast and always with electrical pickup on loco
and tender it is never baulked by track joints or insulated points.

And then after sitting in a box in the loft for many years, its
re-introduction to a new layout showed that it had developed a wobble,
and the wobble got worse, and then I tried to fix it. It never ran
smoothly again.

More recently I decided to make a more determined effort to mend it and
in doing so I solved a
multitude of little problems. The problem is that these machines are
so small and so intricate, that a quick fix often causes other
problems. A new approach - taking it to bits and cleaning and
servicing each part, worked wonders.

This mini site was originally dedicated to do with getting a Hornby Minitrix
Mallard back into fully working condition again. At one point, this
was the only set of pages on the site. Its grown a bit since then,
as has my collection of these classic n-gauge models

Please note that I have nothing
to do with Trix, Minitrix or Märklin Inc.
whose trademarks I respect and acknowledge.
The information and opinions on this web site are my own and are
provided as a record of my own experiences of maintaining a Minitrix
model. They are not provided as a definitive instruction manual.